andym

A bit difficult to judge without more information but it looks as though the Council made suggestions about improvements that the TV company chose not to implement.

Andy

9 minutes ago, sirhc said:

Thanks Andy. Do they have the 01FDxx to 08FDxx missing from the original release spreadsheets?

Chris 

Yes indeed, in the first file.  01FD00 is apparently "Tank Combat 120mm Gun Chieftain Mk 10".  All my vehicles are there on inspection.

Andy

Thanks to some excellent hand-holding from Joris I've now managed to upload the working set of files.  You'll find them in the Downloads section of the site, the direct link should be: http://hmvf.co.uk/files/category/2-merlin-archive/

There's a big green button saying "Download this file" but it actually lets you download all seven Excel files.

Andy

I've now obtained seven Excel files from the MOD FoI team, which all work correctly and I have permission to repost on here.  I'm just liaising with Joris on the best place to put them.

Andy

9 hours ago, earlymb said:

Maybe I missed it, but is there an option to pre-view a post or reply before actually posting it? 

It's still there but you need to use the full editor, methinks.

Andy

12 hours ago, john1950 said:

I can only find One.

What would you like for it?  A fiver perhaps?

Andy

The track pin is FV430. Do you just have the one or more?

Andy

If children are involved you might like to think about things like CRB checks too?

Andy

Just watched it, not brilliant but as has been said, could have been a lot worse.

Andy

Odyssey batteries are made by Enersys, the same people who make the Hawker UK6TNMF, so I think we can safely say they know what they are doing.  One word of warning, they are very sensitive to charging voltage, which must not exceed 15V for a single battery or 30V for a pair of batteries in series.  If your batteries are dying, check the charging voltage before doing anything else.

Andy

A bit late owing to the HMVF refurbishment, but a couple of weeks back there were two Chieftain ARRVs and an MBT on the A31 by the five-legged stag on the Drax estate.  They looked a bit weather beaten, but what interested me was that they were on HETs rather than the now usual Metcalfe Farms transport.

Andy

At least half of those seven new files seem to be broken too, certainly parts 1 and 3.  Excel 2010 makes an attempt to repair them but fails.

(Update - I've since emailed the FoI team to ask them to check the files)

Andy

24 minutes ago, ted angus said:

John please help an olde chap who isn't very pc savvy- I clicked your link and found my wat to the MoD requests but can't find the Merlin list- I tried entering Land Rover para etc in the search but no avail  thanks 

TED

Something has truncated the link: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/land_rover_para_recce_erm_list

Andy

As the positive post is larger than the negative I was wondering if someone had fitted the wrong clamp on the negative lead at some stage. 

There are pukka battery post shims available if you haven't already tried them, eBay item 362003348190 is an example.

Andy

Just a thought, but do both terminals work loose or just one?

Andy

If the clamps fit correctly then putting things in the gap will only make it worse.  Are the clamps the correct ones, undistorted and clean, ditto the battery posts?

Andy

http://www.greenmachinesurplus.com/cvrw-fox-125-c.asp perhaps?

Andy

That explains why the Abbot has vanished from the Heywood M62 roundabout!

Andy

A return of the "Location" field would be helpful, too.

Andy

What she said!

Isn't that white one just a filler/strain relief anyway?  A headset only uses six cores.

Andy

Thanks Joris -  good work!  In my experience with these things it's always better to under-promise and over-deliver.  If you think it will take three days then say ten, that way either no-one notices it took longer than you thought or you do it in less than ten and they think you're wonderful.

Just one suggestion - could we go to https rather than http to protect passwords etc.?

Andy

If the generator has two sets of two terminals then I'd suspect one set to be the field windings and the other the output. The field windings produce the magnetic field, without a dc voltage supplied to them nothing will happen. To run as a motor (assuming it's capable of doing so) you'll need to supply dc volts across one set of terminals and ac across the other set. You really need to find some more info or you're in danger of damaging something, including yourself!

Andy

Dom at lrseries (http://www.lrseries.com or eBay) is good for Clansman stuff too.

Andy

Are there any garages left who still have a spark plug cleaning machine, I wonder?

Andy

Ditto on the no reply. The website seems to work but I don't think there's anyone looking at it from their end.

Andy